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Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:22 pm
by Hooligan
rev wrote:How about selling off naming rights on a lease of X amount of years for suburbs?
Macdonald park to become Macdonald's park?
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:07 am
by Eurostar
Well McDonalds did build closeby on Curtis Road
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:16 am
by Waewick
Norman wrote:I would like to see the German town names in the Adelaide Hills reinstated.
I agree. They were such nice names on some cases.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:06 am
by Waewick
SRW wrote:Cut the 'park' from the plethora of suburbs we have named 'Something Park'. Most of which have ironically little or any quality park space.
This +100. Live in a suburb with the Park monkier in it. I always feel like suburbs with the name Park are the lesser cousin.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:45 am
by SouthAussie94
SRW wrote:Cut the 'park' from the plethora of suburbs we have named 'Something Park'. Most of which have ironically little or any quality park space.
If we're dropping the Park, should we just rename it to Side?
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:04 pm
by neoballmon
SouthAussie94 wrote:SRW wrote:Cut the 'park' from the plethora of suburbs we have named 'Something Park'. Most of which have ironically little or any quality park space.
If we're dropping the Park, should we just rename it to Side?
Would Parkside become Sideside then?
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:15 am
by monotonehell
neoballmon wrote:Would Parkside become Sideside then?
Well since there's no "park"s there will be nothing to be park side. So Parkside will just become " ".
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:07 pm
by [Shuz]
There should be a suburb called Suburb.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:08 pm
by Nathan
Rename Morphett Vale so that it no longer sounds like Morphettville.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:24 am
by bits
Nathan wrote:Rename Morphett Vale so that it no longer sounds like Morphettville.
I wish i had of thought of that.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:29 am
by GrowAdelaide
Sorry to bump this thread but I've always thought the eastern side of Pasadena should be renamed to Eyre given that many of the street names are towns on Eyre Peninsula.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:01 pm
by [Shuz]
Incidentally, Adelaide's newest suburb is called Eyre - out north next to Edinburgh.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:19 pm
by Eurostar
Nathan wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:08 pm
Rename Morphett Vale so that it no longer sounds like Morphettville.
Area between South, Bains, States & Wheatsheaf Roads could be Thrushgrove. Area by South, Wheatsheaf, States and Doctors Roads could be Wirreanda.
Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:01 pm
by skyliner
I would like to rename some of the streets with multiple names into one name each. One of the worst early examples is the change of names across KWS (aparently just so the king's name would not be crossed).
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Re: Rename a suburb
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:09 pm
by Goodsy
skyliner wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:01 pm
I would like to rename some of the streets with multiple names into one name each. One of the worst early examples is the change of names across KWS (aparently just so the king's name would not be crossed).
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No way, that's a unique part of Adelaide... What needs doing is renaming all the roads that were cut in half when Port Wakefield road was built. Port Gawler Road, Artesian Road, Baily Road(Although they did change it to Baily Road West), Halstead Road, Supple Road... And I'm sure there's more